The Mail on Sunday: Angelina Jolie branded ‘malevolent’ in Hollywood campaign by Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice is launching a guerilla advertising campaign in Hollywood this week about Brad Pitt’s access problems to his children. The mobile billboard campaign parodies the Disney fantasy film ‘Maleficent’ which features Pitt’s ex partner, Angelina Jolie, as a vengeful fairy. The red and black ad replaces the film title with the word ‘malevolent’ and uses […]
Minister claims dads seek court orders to see kids in attempt to REDUCE child maintenance payments
Pic: Matt King & son / Caroline Nokes MP A government minister has told a Fathers4Justice supporter that dads who seek court orders to see their kids, do so in order to reduce their child maintenance payments. In a letter to Robert Syms, MP for Poole, the Minister for Welfare Delivery at the Department for […]
Tory MP Eric Pickles brands Fathers4Justice “the most pointless organisation in the entire world”
Tory MP Eric Pickles has told a Fathers4Justice supporter he was getting on his nerves and didn’t support equal rights for dads, before branding the campaign group “the most pointless organisation in the entire world”. Father-of-one, Adam Lowe, from Brentwood went to see his MP to ask him for help to see his young son, […]
The London Economic: The Shocking Cost of Fatherlessness in the UK
By Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice While the debate around the fatherless society is normally framed by emotional and legal arguments, few have considered the seismic impact this has on our economy. The devastating cancer of family breakdown and fatherlessness isn’t just laying waste to families, it also comes at a punitive human and economic cost […]
Irish Daily Star: Rose protestor Matt O’Connor did us all a favour
Sometimes people do us a good turn and we don’t even recognise it. Matt O’Connor presented us with an issue for consideration which for far too long has been brushed well and truly under the nation’s dirty carpet. He reminded us how we’ve consistently and deliberately abused the rights of natural fathers. And the simple […]
Fathers4Justice storm the Rose of Tralee
Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor invokes the spirit of Father Ted as he storms the stage of the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant in Ireland. Full story and press coverage below. The Irish Examiner – Matt O’Connor: Why Fathers4Justice stormed the stage at the Rose of Tralee http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/matt-oconnor-why-fathers4justice-stormed-the-stage-at-the-rose-of-tralee-417534.html The inequality and lack of rights facing fathers […]
UKIP Leadership hopeful promotes Shared Parenting & Family Law reform
Bill Etheridge, UKIP MEP for the West Midlands, has launched a radical proposal for shaking up Family Law by advocating shared parenting as a default setting in the event of parental break-up. The blueprint is designed to give all parents a right in law to have a meaningful parenting relationship with their children. Nearly one […]
Greenwich Council accused of funding drug taking at DV Charity & cover-up
Fathers4Justice today accused Greenwich Council of knowingly putting children in the borough at risk by failing to properly investigate allegations of violence and drug-taking involving children. The group say that a further allegation of drug-taking by the founder of the Greenwich funded charity, Hope Empowered, has not been investigated by the council, which they say […]
Fathers4Justice back Justice4Sam campaign
F4J announced on Father’s Day that it was backing dad Nicholas Harry in his campaign to secure justice for his son Sam, who was killed with the force of a 60mph car crash – just 18-months old – by his mum Deanna Buffham, and her boyfriend, Ryan Bate. The pair blamed each of other for […]